Create Access 2003 compatable .mde file with Access 2007?

I am running and developing in Access 2007 for multiple users, some of which
are still running Access 2003.

I want to lock the code before distributing the database, so I've created an
MDE file. Although I have my default format in Access 2007 set to Access
2002-2003, users who open the database using 2003 are finding an error
stating that they cannot open the file because it was created with a later
form of Access. I was wondering if there is a way to create an MDE that is
compatible with Access 2003 from Access 2007.

I don't think you can create an Access 2003 compatible MDE using Access 2007. The Access runtime engine usually must correspond to the version of Access used to create the MDE. In your case, that would

I don't think you can create an Access 2003 compatible MDE using Access 2007. The Access runtime engine usually must correspond to the version of Access used to create the MDE. In your case, that would require an Access 2007 run-time engine. Even when you set Access to use the older format, the MDE is still recognized as being created by Access 2007.

AW is right, and in order to support your 2003 users you'll need to do the mde conversion on a machine with Access 2003 (full version) installed. Open 2003, then open your database and do the conversion from there.

Thanks for your responses. I wish Microsoft had a version option for making MDE files in the new Access :(
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